Lamp-bracket.



, R. G. DU BOIS.

LAMP BRACKET. APPLIOATION FILED JAN.11.1907.

919,837, Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

WITNESSES: I INVENTOI? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE,

ltHE-SA GRIFFIN DU-BQIS, or SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

' LAMP-BRACKET.

No. 919,887. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 27, 1909. Applicafion filed January 11, 1907. Serial No. 861,741. v

To all concern: i the severe lateralstrain to which the bracket 55 1 Be itknown that I, RHEs'A' GRIFFIN DU is subjected by the jarring of the vehicle and Bo1s, a eitizen ufthe' United States, residing weight of the lamps. This ortion f, also 7 at South Qrangaen the county of Essex and provides alonger threaded ho e for the recep- State. of New Je sey, have invented a new tion of the set-screw 1, thereby more firmly anduseful-Im "veinent 1n Lamp-Brackets, holdingthe screw against jarringloose. A oftwh ch th is a specification. further advantage gained by placing the setlates'to those bracket'sor screw on the inside of the lamp is'that it also I he twoopposite sides of passes through the lamp drum, and adds to 10 det fihablevehicl amps, the brackets being the length of the screw hole, and hence the adapted to rec'engethe upwardly projecting retention ofthe set-screw; I

ends of apan'pfifsupporting prongs or'forks f The term insideloc is employed in rigidly secured 'tgazvehicle. x contradiction toan outside look, and because My dev ce is particularly shownand dethe former is accessible, only. from the inside. scribed in connect on with an ordinary acetys In my device lthe-deerbf the lamp must first lene headlightforautdmobiles. b'eo enedfiinord at the set-screw. 7.0

hangers usedfo My principal object is to dispense with the Shou d theli-eet'f j-o n screw become usual outside set-screw fastening which is loosenedasjtfrequen ydoes from the vibranoton'ly ugly in appearancelint forms a bad tion of the can such lamps are usu- 20 progectlon on the sideof the lamp, and interally carried, the closed door of the lamp will eres withthe cleaning and polishingoperw prevent it 'from becoming lost, and the rat- 7 5 t1ons. 7 tling within will call attention to the fact Coupled with the foregoing, a further obthat something is wrong. ject is to fprovide an escutcheon', the whole A disk or escutcheon g, closes the outer end 25. exterior 0 which present a smooth surof the cylindrical body-portion a, concealing face' 'easy-to keep ggllished and adapted to the fastening device within,-and. serving to receive a distinguis g mark, 5 receive a monogram, initial'or other identi- To this end my inventionbonsists. in the fying mark'besides forminga smooth; easily peculiarities hereinafter 'describedand p0intpolished surface which facilitates keeping S0 'edout in the claims ing which, the lamp in good order. 1

Figure "1, represents an exterior view of my The fork receiving sleeve 1), lies within the S invention :as applied to an ordinary autobracket or hollow body-portion 0, extendin mobile headlight. Fig. 2, is an'ed e eleva-- transversel from the top to the bottom, and tion of one of the side. brackets-"detached thence on own below or beyond to form the 35 from the lamp body: Fi 3', is inside elevae extension I).

tion of thebracketdetadhed looking atfthe A dog '5, within the bracket, engages the inner face thereof, and showing a'supporting side of the fork, the sleeve 6, being recessed est-or standard fitting and locked therein, at k to receive thedog. The entrance of Big. 4, is a central vertical section through the fork into the sleeve lifts the dog A con- 40 the bracket. l V trary movement locks the bracket and fork The letter it, indicates the circular orcyli1i= together against removal or thevibration of drical body portion of thebr'acket, the whole the latter within the-former, Dotted lines of which -is, by preference, made of an-intein Fig. 3 show the dog released as when the gral piece of metal. I lamp is being removed. 45 '5, indicates a sleeve bored to form a socket To still further insure a safe fastening an for receiving an ordinary upturned fork c. inside eat-screw Z, passes laterally through d, is a flangewhich encircles or surrounds the lamp drum and reinforcement f, and inthe body a, and is adapted to be riveted to tersects the bore of the sleeve,- at which the side of the lam e. This flange 4;, merges point the screw engages the fork 0, locking 50 with the inner s' e of the l-extension b", of the; two parts together.

the sleeve b, constitut' g a thickened por- It isevident that various changes and; tion or reinforcement f, which braces and modifications might be resorted to, and that strengthens" the connection between the parts mi ht be added or elements omitted sleeve and its surrounding members to resist without eparting from the spirit and scope of invention, hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the exact constructions shown.

Havingfully described my invention, What i claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A head light comprisinga casing pro vided with exterior side sockets or sleeves adapted to removably receive the head light supporting fork arms, each side socket consistlng of a body having a closed outer side and an open inner side surrounded by a flange secured to said casing, said socket having a passage thereinto for the fork arm formed with a thickened wall, and clamping means passing through said thickened portic-n and extending into and operative only irons Within said casing, substantially as described.

2; A vehicle lain comprising .a casing having a door Where )3 access can 'be gained to the interior of the casing, a bracket arranged at the exterior of the casing and having a vertical lamp supporting arm receiving socket and a side flange fitting the exterior a the casing and rigidly secured thereto, the

outer surface of said bracket adapted to Eorm an escuteheon, and clam ing means arran ed at the inner side of the racket and socket or looking said arm therein and arranged and accessible within said 'cas1ng.

A supporting bracket adapted to be secured to a vehicle lamp casing consisting of a bod having an open inner side surrounded y a flange adapted to be secured tethe lamp casing, said body having a closed outer side adapted to form an escutcheon,

and a socket adapted to receive the lamp supporting arm, and a clamping device within the bracket and adapted to pro ect into said socket and exposed at the inner side of the bracket only.

4. A vehicle lamp comprising a casing having a door whereby access can be gained to the interior of the casing, said casing pro-' and accessible and operative from within the casing and extending from a point within the iasing into the socket.

6. A-lamp or headlight comprising an inclosing sheet or casing having an exterior socket adapted to removably receive a lamp supporting arm, said socket secured'to said casing and formed withan inner wall, and means concealed and operative only from within said casing for lockingsaid lamp on said arm, said means carried by and passing through said inner wall to clamp said arm and projecting within said casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RHESA GRIFFIN DU BOIS.

itnesses I. Lnvnvson,

A. SPIRA. 

